Unless Vitor brings sponsorship, I doubt he ends up at KV. Rumor has it they're looking for a young driver (possibly from Europe) to drive the third car.
Since my original projections were way off, I'll attempt again.
Chip Ganassi Racing
#9 Scott Dixon
#10 Dario Franchitti
#38 Graham Rahal
#83 Charlie Kimball
Team Penske
#2 Ryan Briscoe
#3 Helio Castroneves
#12 Will Power
Andretti Autosport
#26 Marco Andretti
#27 James Hinchcliffe
#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
(This is just pure speculation on my part, but I find it interesting that they put Hinch in the #27. Could be a possibility that Danica runs the #7 at Indy.)
KV Racing
#5 I have literally no clue. J-K Vernay? Battistini? Yacaman? Davison?
#11 Tony Kanaan
#59 E.J. Viso
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#14 Mike Conway
#41 Bertrand Baguette
Ed Carpenter Racing
#20 Ed Carpenter
Lotus-HVM
#78 Simona de Silvestro
#33? Jean Alesi (Indy)
Dreyer & Reinbold
#22 Oriol Servia
#24 Ana Beatriz
Dale Coyne Racing
#18 Justin Wilson
#19 Sebastien Bourdais
Bryan Herta Autosport
#98 Alex Tagliani
Sam Schmidt Motorsports/AFS
#17 Wade Cunningham
#77 Simon Pagenaud
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
#15 Takuma Sato
#30 Jay Howard
With the addition of Bourdais, Servia locking up a spot, and Hinchtown getting the Go Daddy ride, not to mention Wilson, Power, Franchitti, Dixon, Castroneves, etc... I'm pretty sure this is one of the deepest fields in the last decade or so. You'd have to go back to CART 1995-2001 to find a field with as much talent as this one.
Here's an awesome pic that came across Twitter....It's Bryan Herta taking a pic of Dan Wheldon's face on the Borg Warner Trophy. You can see Suzie Wheldon in the reflection....
Yeah, with Franchitti, Dixon, Power, Bourdais, Servia, Castroneves, Wilson, and Kanaan in the field and all in good rides AND with the new car, it really should be interesting...
Unless Vitor brings sponsorship, I doubt he ends up at KV. Rumor has it they're looking for a young driver (possibly from Europe) to drive the third car.
Since my original projections were way off, I'll attempt again.
Chip Ganassi Racing
#9 Scott Dixon
#10 Dario Franchitti
#38 Graham Rahal
#83 Charlie Kimball
Team Penske
#2 Ryan Briscoe
#3 Helio Castroneves
#12 Will Power
Andretti Autosport
#26 Marco Andretti
#27 James Hinchcliffe
#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
(This is just pure speculation on my part, but I find it interesting that they put Hinch in the #27. Could be a possibility that Danica runs the #7 at Indy.)
KV Racing
#5 I have literally no clue. J-K Vernay? Battistini? Yacaman? Davison?
#11 Tony Kanaan
#59 E.J. Viso
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#14 Mike Conway
#41 Bertrand Baguette
Ed Carpenter Racing
#20 Ed Carpenter
Lotus-HVM
#78 Simona de Silvestro
#33? Jean Alesi (Indy)
Dreyer & Reinbold
#22 Oriol Servia
#24 Ana Beatriz
Dale Coyne Racing
#18 Justin Wilson
#19 Sebastien Bourdais
Bryan Herta Autosport
#98 Alex Tagliani
Sam Schmidt Motorsports/AFS
#17 Wade Cunningham
#77 Simon Pagenaud
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
#15 Takuma Sato
#30 Jay Howard
Michael Shank Racing
#60 Katherine Legge
Sarah Fisher Racing
#67 Josef Newgarden
Panther Racing
#4 J.R. Hildebrand
Conquest Racing
#34 Sebastian Saavedra
Dragon Racing
#8 Paul Tracy
Doubtful you'll see Danica for the 500, NASCAR may be no where near Indianapolis now that the Nationwide Series WAS added to IMS' Schedule on Brickyard weekend.
Yeah, with Franchitti, Dixon, Power, Bourdais, Servia, Castroneves, Wilson, and Kanaan in the field and all in good rides AND with the new car, it really should be interesting...
Add in Chevy and Lotus along with Honda, makes things even more interesting.
Tony Kanaan's number is changing for the 2012 season from 82 back to his traditional 11. Also, the Lotus engines seem to have gotten up to speed quite nicely. Simona reported back as being very pleased with the performance.
Can't wait to get an up close and personal look at the new car when they come to Barber.
Reports so far show that Castroneves is quickest, but the whole Penske crew is doing well. Dragon Racing is stuck without an engine, as Lotus was unable to provide their own factory team with an engine for testing today.
The whole Lotus saga, and engine supply drama is getting a bit ridiculous. Someone from IndyCar's legal team probably needs to visit the Lotus factory.
Reports so far show that Castroneves is quickest, but the whole Penske crew is doing well. Dragon Racing is stuck without an engine, as Lotus was unable to provide their own factory team with an engine for testing today.
The whole Lotus saga, and engine supply drama is getting a bit ridiculous. Someone from IndyCar's legal team probably needs to visit the Lotus factory.
As time has gone on, it seems less like Lotus and more like Dragon Racing itself that's running a crooked scheme here. Marshall Pruett just tweeted that Bourdais is probably out of a ride because Dragon can't get him an engine, and Lotus says they'll give them an engine when they give them a check...
Not sure what's going on, but it's leaving one of the best drivers in the world without a ride, and a bad taste about the series in his mouth.
Lotus says everyone who paid for an engine HAS an engine. This is just making me think back to the crap Kanaan went through with DeFerran Dragon racing last year
About 20 laps in, under yellow. Legge (Lotus), de Silvestro (Lotus) and Kanaan (Chevy) out with mechanical errors, and Jakes bringing out a yellow with not-being-able-to-drive errors.
Bourdais made a good try out of it. Was up to second at one point, before Mechanical problems put him out. Or I'm assuming it was Mechanical problems, because ABC never even mentioned that the guy running second was suddenly out of the race. Way to go ABC.
Bourdais made a good try out of it. Was up to second at one point, before Mechanical problems put him out. Or I'm assuming it was Mechanical problems, because ABC never even mentioned that the guy running second was suddenly out of the race. Way to go ABC.
Yeah, it took me a while to realize where Bourdais went....
